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The Tribune
March 31, 2018
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Friday said there are no human rights for anti-social elements, justifying the police parading criminals in public. While speaking at an event organised for creating awareness about women's safety and security, Chauhan said, his government hasÃÂ ...
Inc.com
March 31, 2018
The five passengers say they called the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and were told that they were in the right, and as U.S. citizens they shouldn't be sent to India. However, they were also warned that they did not want to risk becoming entangled in the Russian criminal system or going through the officialÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 31, 2018
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati high court on Thursday resolved to approve the proposal for setting up exclusive fast track courts for day-to-day trials of cases related to rape and murder of women and children in Assam. The high court's decision comes three days after a letter by chief minister SarbanandaÃÂ ...
BBC News
March 31, 2018
"The criminals who did this won't be spared. I am sure police will catch these people soon. Let me assure that we will further improve the system and make it foolproof," he told reporters on Thursday. He said he "understood the pain and anguish and frustration" of parents and students following the breach.
Teignmouth Post
March 30, 2018
A criminal who bunked off community service work to go to India has been spared jail after a judge heard he had been doing charity work rather than taking a ... Damon Mayes spent seven weeks in India without telling probation officers who were supervising the 250 hours of unpaid community work he wasÃÂ ...
Ultra News
March 29, 2018
The government of India has set up a “Committee on Phone Frauds” to deal rising instances of theft of money using phone calls and one time passwords. India has seen a sharp increase in the number of 'phishing calls' made on phones in recent years for several reasons, including new laws that requireÃÂ ...
Firstpost
March 22, 2018
Such miscarriages of justice run the entire gamut of the criminal justice system in India. Be it the police, investigators, advocates, media, even the judiciary — the weak and powerless find the system stacked against them. Filing an FIR is a struggle; the recent Mohammad Harris Nalapad case in BengaluruÃÂ ...
The Wire
March 15, 2018
Arrest, interrogate, oppose bail, and incarcerate – this is current state of criminal jurisprudence in India. Who is interested in clinical investigation and conviction? The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), whom the redoubtable former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha had once described as a “cagedÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 15, 2018
In the past systems would have only been available only to technology-savvy cyber criminals. ... What this evolution had revealed was the extent to which other criminal activities, beyond economic crime, were now being supported by these ... In 2016, cyber crime was the fourth largest crime in India.
The Hindu
March 15, 2018
In its statement of objectives and reasons, the government refers to the “several instances of economic offenders fleeing the jurisdiction of Indian courts anticipating the commencement of criminal proceedings or sometimes during the pendency of such proceedings”. Fugitive businesspersons Vijay MallyaÃÂ ...
Livemint
March 15, 2018
According to an office memorandum from the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) reviewed by Mint, these actions include filing of criminal case under 420 and related sections of the Indian Penal Code, blacklisting of the developer for 10 years, forfeiting of bank guarantee and disciplinary caseÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 15, 2018
MANILA : The Philippines said on Thursday its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be “the beginning of the end” for the institution, as more countries would follow suit and non-members would be discouraged from joining. The announcement to withdraw comes five weeks after aÃÂ ...
Times of India
March 12, 2018
NEW DELHI: Projecting a grim picture of the extent of criminalisation of politics, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court that 1,765 MPs and MLAs, or 36% of parliamentarians and state assembly members, are facing criminal trial in 3,045 cases. The total strength of lawmakers in Parliament andÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
March 8, 2018
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:“Think 200 times before you post anything. The scope of danger online doesn't have any limitations. Hundred percent no deletion, no authority, and no anonymity online, whatever happens,” Dhanya Menon, noted cybercrime investigator, emphasises the points she wishedÃÂ ...
The Nation
March 8, 2018
Speaking at the launch of a report “Caught in the Web: Treatment of Pakistanis caught in the criminal justice system of Saudi Arabia” by the Justice Project of Pakistan here, he said a state-like Pakistan , which itself had “no respect for a citizen's life” and whose “own record of broken criminal justice systemÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
March 7, 2018
Convicted killers and kidnappers who suffered no qualms of conscience in bending the law are now pounding the books in their prison cells in the land of Mahatma Gandhi. Indeed, the high-security central jail in Ahmedabad in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, which was onceÃÂ ...
Times of India (blog)
March 6, 2018
Criminal justice moves at a snail's pace. Trials drag on interminably. Notorious criminals get away scot-free and cock a snook at the justice system. Encounters are not so much the problem as symptoms of the collapsing system of justice and public demand for quick solutions to law and order problems.
BW Businessworld
March 6, 2018
We cannot even think about empowering women if we use the legal loophole to say that marital rape is not a criminal offence. If it is without the consent of a woman, or even a man - it is not a consensual relationship. Which only leaves it being called 'rape'. How can we even talk about empowering women,ÃÂ ...
Himalayan Times
March 5, 2018
DHANGADI: Province 7 has become a hub for criminal activities due to open border with China and India. The province has been slowly graduating into a transit point for criminals. The province connects to China through Tibet in the north and India through Uttar Pradesh in the south and Uttarakhand in theÃÂ ...
The Wire
March 5, 2018
They must deprive the police of this convenient tool for punishing alleged criminals without having to uphold accused persons' fundamental rights. They also must force the criminal justice system to directly and appropriately address its weaknesses. It is time for India to catch up with the internationalÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
February 28, 2018
A conscientious policeman has invested his life's savings in a residential school for children belonging to a so-called “criminal tribe” languishing on the margins of society in ... But Sabars living in the interiors of Purulia district are still ostracized and ill-treated by the administration as habitual criminals.
The Wire
February 12, 2018
New Delhi: Around 35% chief ministers in India have criminal cases against them and 81% of them are crorepatis, found an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report released on Monday. The ADR and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current chief ministers in stateÃÂ ...
NDTV
December 31, 1999
India To Have New Database On Narcotics Crimes, Criminals: Rajnath Singh. The minister, while delivering his valedictory address at the conclusion of the two-day 'drug law enforcement' conference, said his ministry has sanctioned the required funds to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). All IndiaÃÂ ...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
NEW DELHI: India may have the ignominious tag of being one of the world's most polluted countries and is among the bottom on the list of the world's ... What is noteworthy is the fact that the majority of Indians in jail are not convicted criminals, but people awaiting completion of trial -- at 67.2% againstÃÂ ...
Times of India
February 23, 2018
NEW DELHI: An analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of contesting candidates in Meghalaya shows that out of the 370 nominees, 25 (7%) have criminal cases against them. According to a report of Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) which analysed the affidavits, 21 of the candidates have declaredÃÂ ...
Columbia Valley Pioneer
February 23, 2018
“I apologize without reservation for my role in this situation, which has become an unfortunate distraction from the work, achievements, objectives of the Prime Minister and his team during this historic trip to India,” said Sarai, MP for Surrey Centre. Trudeau didn't name Atwal in a press conference but saidÃÂ ...
Times of India
February 21, 2018
The apex court had last year decided to take up the matter on its own while hearing a criminal appeal related to a case in Kerala. ... My humble suggestion is DO NOT ALLOW JUDICIARY CONVICTED CRIMINALS TO CONTEST ANY ELECTIONS OF INDIA AND IF ANY OF THEM ALREADY ELECTEDÃÂ ...
Khaleej Times
February 21, 2018
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all criminal actions against Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who shot to fame following her 'wink song' from the film "Oru Addar Love". Priya on Tuesday had sought quashing of a spate of complaints and an FIR registered against her and the film directorÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
February 13, 2018
New Delhi: Eleven out of 31 chief ministers from various states and union territories in India have criminal cases against them while 25 of them are millionaires, an analysis of their self-sworn affidavits furnished during the assembly elections has revelaed. The analysis, by Association for DemocraticÃÂ ...
The Wire
February 12, 2018
New Delhi: Around 35% chief ministers in India have criminal cases against them and 81% of them are crorepatis, found an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report released on Monday. The ADR and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current chief ministers in stateÃÂ ...
The Nation
December 31, 1999
For years, you appeared in 'Top Ten Criminals' list and you had figured-out prominently in the search alongside images of terrorists, murderers and criminal on 'Google'. Your entry remained banned in USA for your role in the killing of hundreds of Muslims in Gujrat, India. (3) You are an active member ofÃÂ ...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
Times of India neither condones nor endorses any of the views shared in this article here. ... Difference between Modi and Yogi: One counter of known criminal and terrorist and Modi let libtards hound him for a decade while Yogi openly declares he is and will encounter criminals and libtards look the otherÃÂ ...
Economic Times
November 1, 2017
No one is safe: How internet has become a playground for cyber criminals ... The promotion of digital payment systems across India is just one ... now targeting the repositories of data, the cyber criminal has come a long way.
Moneycontrol.com
November 1, 2017
Among party wise candidates with criminal cases, 6 from the Indian National Congress (INC), 23 from the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 3 from the ...
NDTV
November 1, 2017
Coupled with another suggestion for a lifetime ban on convicted politicians that the Supreme Court appears to support, the fast track courts ...
Firstpost
November 1, 2017
BJP is fielding the highest number of candidates with criminal cases against ... More so, when, that criminals are plaguing Indian politics and ...
Hindu Business Line
November 1, 2017
There is presently no specific provision under Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to manage science, ...
Times of India
October 31, 2017
Lucknow: Special task force (STF) of UP police nabbed a notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head from Krishnanagar ...
The Wire
October 31, 2017
India's criminal justice system – comprising law enforcement (the police), adjudication (courts and the justice delivery system) and corrections ...
Times of India
October 30, 2017
SHIMLA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has slammed the Virbhadra government in Himachal Pradesh, accusing it of turning ...
Times of India
October 30, 2017
Muzaffarnagar: Muzaffarnagar police arrested five criminals, including three who carried a reward of Rs 20,000 on their heads, after an ...
Live Law
October 30, 2017
The Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act were enacted ... DNA testing has helped law enforcement, identify criminals and ...
BBC News
September 7, 2017
A "career criminal" who was arrested in Belfast after stabbing two ... that after arriving in Belfast he went to a house in India Street where he metÃÂ ...
Times of India
September 7, 2017
Vasupal was jailed leading to a uproar in the startup eco-system which termed a civil dicpute was getting converted into a criminal complaint.
Geo News, Pakistan
September 7, 2017
The movie, set to release this week in Indian cinemas, revolves around the life ... Gawli faced numerous criminal charges but none stuck until he was found guilty ... because he wanted to explore why people become criminals.
Hindustan Times
September 7, 2017
The CBI had alleged that certain public servants and private persons in India and abroad had entered into a criminal conspiracy for the supplyÃÂ ...
The Indian Express
September 7, 2017
Macaulay was no mean historian, of England, though not of India. ... the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 and the Criminal Procedure CodeÃÂ ...
The Indian Express
September 7, 2017
... 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code as well as sections 8ÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
September 7, 2017
India: Ensure Full Inquiry into Journalist's Murder ... In November 2016, Lankesh was convicted for criminal defamation for an article she hadÃÂ ...
Times of India
September 6, 2017
Sexual intercourse with minor wife not criminal: Centre to SC ... 2 in Section 375 of Indian Penal Code was consciously retained by ParliamentÃÂ ...
